{"id":4141,"date":"2015-11-02T17:01:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T23:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/?p=4141"},"modified":"2016-09-08T11:25:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T08:25:10","slug":"shopping-trip-to-maz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/shopping-trip-to-maz\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopping Trip to Maz"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ended up going into Maz after all today, starved as I am for a little social stimulation. It didn\u2019t matter how hot it was, the sun completely booted my batteries and I was happy to walk from the embarcadero to the Fisherman\u2019s Monument. Of course, I stopped for a cold fresh pressed grapefruit juice on the way!<\/p>\n

I failed at flagging the first bus that came by down Avenida del Mar, probably because the bus stop was just ahead and he didn\u2019t want to stop twice (you can flag a bus down anywhere and they\u2019ll stop if they can, not just at official bus stops). Thankfully, the second one came quickly and I rode it into the Golden Zone, getting off just past the Rafael Buelna roundabout. It was then just about a block to Taco Loco for tacos al pastor<\/a>!<\/p>\n

They were as good as last year, as were their various salsas. The server told me to try the one I call \u2018pimento\u2019 and I told him it\u2019s my favourite\u2026 even if it burns off my taste buds! I like it on cucumbers. Their pico de gallo is perfect, there\u2019s another spicy tomatoey sauce, and, of course, there\u2019s avocado sauce, which is brilliant on radishes.<\/p>\n

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Not being in need of coffee yet, I didn\u2019t hike down to Rico\u2019s for beans (in fact, I would be more likely to ride the bus there and then walk back). I did grab an ice cream at Thrifty\u2019s for the walk to Soriana\u2019s. It wound up being much quicker than I had expected. Mega might be nearly right off the bus, but, truly, it\u2019s not that much more trouble to walk a little further to Soriana.<\/p>\n

There, I found most of the stuff I wanted for the house. I was hoping to find a cheap shelving unit for food, but didn\u2019t and realised that a set of plastic drawers on wheels would actually serve me better, and be something I could use back at Haven.<\/p>\n

I spent some time looking at tablecloths, wanting one for my six-foot table and one for the dining table as it is glass with a lot of edges where food gets stuck. I easily found one for the long table that I liked, even if it matches nothing else in the house, and made a compromise for the dining table that wound up working perfectly. The dining chair seats have a bit of red in their dark browness and the tablecloth is just dark brown, but they look decent together. Folded in half, the table cloth is just the right size for the odd shaped table.<\/p>\n

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I also needed something in which to put smaller utensils and realised while shopping for said something that the pink bucket I picked up at the Willow Bunch Thrift Store would be perfect for that! My dad’s cookie jar is still my larger utensil crock. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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And here are my new kitchen curtains. I love the purple gingham and the sunflowers, even if the material is cheap and the edges are unfinished.<\/p>\n

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I came out of Soriana and a taxi driver promptly accosted me. I\u2019ve never ridden in a taxi in Maz, just in the pulmon\u00edas and aurigas. I would have preferred a pulmon\u00eda but there were none in sight and the driver quoted me the same price, so I accepted his offer. He loaded the car for me and then took me on a dizzying ride through some familiar, and some completely unknown, parts of Maz. What fun! I told him that I liked having a different route than I was used to and he asked how I would have normally gone from Soriana (Ejercito Mexicano). He frowned and said, \u201cToo much traffic!\u201d<\/p>\n

The package carrier guy at the embarcadero came right over and took all my bags and drawer unit. He was loaded down and gasped, \u201cBoat?\u201d in heavily accepted English. I said yes and he promptly ran down to square my things away while I bought my ticket. Let me tell you, I wouldn\u2019t have trusted that process NOB!<\/p>\n

On the other side, a teenage boy helped me get my things into the back of the pickup taxi that looks just like my Moya and refused a tip! The truck driver wasn\u2019t too sure where I lived even though the instructions I gave him have been perfectly clear to other taxi drivers. He at least knew where my street was and then I told him, \u201ca little further, on the right, with a truck like yours in the yard.\u201d That last bit helped him more than the house description! He brought everything to my front door. Home!<\/p>\n

Let me tell you, I wouldn\u2019t schlep home on public transportation with that much stuff NOB. But a few pesos in Mexico buys a lot of help and it\u2019s not unusual to see someone lugging home a ton of stuff on the lanchas, whether it be a ton of shopping, a fridge, or an ATV!<\/p>\n

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There was a casualty to my adventure\u2026 My butter got totally squished and quite melted! For some reason, I chose to buy two sticks and I was able to just barely salvage one, so it\u2019s not a total loss. Good thing butter (and all dairy, actually) is so cheap in Mexico!<\/p>\n

I actually didn\u2019t come home with much in the way of groceries, but I should be able to get through most of the week. It\u2019s not like Ley is that far away if I need anything I can\u2019t find at the City Deli!<\/p>\n

One sad note to close off with: Patty\u2019s restaurant, which had the great burger and fries, is closed. \ud83d\ude41 \ud83d\ude41 \ud83d\ude41 I\u2019ll have to find another place open for lunch that isn\u2019t a beach restaurant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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